跟读练习: What surprises me most 🥀🖤#poetry #quotes #deepthoughts - 通过视频学习英语口语

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What surprises me most about humankind is that we get bored of our childhood, rush to grow up and long to be children again.
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That we lose our health to make money and then lose our money to restore our health.
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That by thinking anxiously about the future we forget the present, such that we live in neither the present nor the future.
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That we live as if we'll never die, and die as though we've never lived.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “What surprises me most 🥀🖤”. This video has 4 sentences and 78 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:29.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 9 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
rush verb/ɹʌʃ/To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
restore verb/ɹɪˈstoɹ/To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
bore verb/boɹ/To inspire boredom in somebody.
anxiously adverb/ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
humankind noun/ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
childhood noun/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/The state of being a child.
grow verb/ˈɡɹəʊ/To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
neither/ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/Not either (used with nor).
surprise noun/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/Something unexpected.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
grow up verbTo mature and become an adult.

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构,并附上视频中的原话:

结构视频中的用法
现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事we've never lived

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, anxiously /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like rush, restore, bore.

什么是跟读法?

跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧,最初开发用于专业口译员的培训,并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大:您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同,跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性,语调,节奏,连读,听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。

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